@TimWV been there brother.
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I 100% agree!
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@TimWV the tree didn’t take OUT the garage, but burst most of the joists, and one cracked and landed directl on my John Deere LX280. I feel your pain.
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Glad nobody got hurt and that you have insurance. I had that happen before during hurricane Irene some years back. We were standing outside enjoying the hurricane(dont judge lol) when the strong winds blew over a tree by the side of my house. My uncle came within a literal mm from dying. The tree came crashing down so close to him that the branch ripped off his glasses. It took out the fence and shed but everyone was ok.
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Home now @TimWV sorry about the damage, but glad no one was hurt. Can’t fix that with a copay for sure. Is the tractor totaled ?
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Definitely have had enough! We might be heading to court because of the damage. Don’t want to go there but might have to. Obviously my damage wasn’t by Mother Nature.
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O-M-G !!! That’s a helluva tree. Thank the heavens you were not in that shed. My shed got demolished by a runaway dump truck.
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@TimWV I couldn’t zoom in on your pic while mobile, but now I can. Wow, looks like it laid right down in the middle of your shed.
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Screw it, what else do we have to do, right ?
Tim, I was scouring around some of our, “Wait, a tree did what” pics.
The BEST thing, in our case, was I was 3.5 hours away when it hit, wife called panicked, I started (3.5 hours) to race home through the storm. Luckily I had a GREAT tree guy, who was ON SITE within 15 minutes, trying to take the weight off of the roof joists/trusses.
And, in the end, he didn’t think the Tundra could upright the “base” so we could continue cutting the rounds …
Hang in there Tim, and Godspeed on the repairs. Sorry to hear about your recent “policy changes”.
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I remember that! Is everything in order now?
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Yes @muth, thank you… I didn’t mean to obfuscate @TimWV’s very current situation. I don’t think he was around when we went through it, so I figured I’d just commiserate with him, maybe even make him laugh a bit.
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The tractor, the leaf rake attachment, the wagon, and several other tools were flattened! As @muth said, that’s a hell of a tree! The tree guy came today to give estimate and said it was easily 200-300 years old, it was a beautiful Red Oak, home to many squirrels, birds, and at one time hosted a family of Owls for a couple of years.
Going to have to cut some hickory’s and a big black walnut tree that were damaged.
Oh yeah, it also took out most of the garden I just finished planting several days prior.
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Can’t believe you used that word. It’s my friend’s favorite. She picked it up from all the politicians trying to dodge their questions 
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I believe I had just joined the forum when that happened. And it doesn’t do any good to cry so laugh it is and gives thanks no one was injured and there was no damage to the house!
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Wow. I assume you burn, because if so, some good burnin’ wood there.
Ahhhh Jesus.
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@TimWV feel free to NOT answer any of the above, but was wondering was there widespread damage down in your area ?? Lots of possible claims ?? I hope not, so as to allow you for a SPEEDIER insurance adjuster arrival, quotes, bids, and restoration start date(s).
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That’s one positive that comes from this, I just put in a Quadrafire Expedition 2 insert last year!
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